Improvement in tool-handles



E. SGHWINL Tool-Handle,

No.16? 273 Patented Aug. 31,1875.

N.PE7ERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTQN D C WILLIAM E. SOHWIN, OF

FFIC.

'IALLADEGA, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT lN TOOL-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters'Patent No. 167,273, dated August31, 1875; application filed January 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SGHWIN, ofTalladega, in the county of Talladega and State of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Handles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding differentkinds of garden and field tools.

It consists in the combination, with the head of a tool-handle and themovable jaw thereof, of an adjusting-screw arranged exterior to, andabove, the shaft on which the jaw moves, and which is journaled in ashoulder on the head, and threaded in the heel of said movable jaw, aswill be hereinafter more fully explained and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective, Fig. 2 a longitudinalvertical sectional, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 detail views, showing myinvention, its application in use of dili'erent tools, and theconstruction of the tang or shank of the tool.

a is the head made of cast or wrought iron. It has a suitable socket bywhich it is attached to an ordinary handle. It is provided with therectangular shaft a the shoulder a and the projection (i and to itsouter end is attached the fixed jaw 12. c is the movable jaw. It issuitably perforated and slides on the shaft a between the projection aand the jaw b. It is constructed so as to fit neatly against the jaw 12.Its upper portion or heel is perforated and threaded to receive theadjusting-screw, hereinafter described. 61 is the adjusting-screwarranged on the upper side of the shaft (0 It is journaled in theshoulder a Its head or thumb-piece d bears against the projection a andby it the jaw c is forced against, or withdrawn from, the jaw 12 in theact of fastening or releasing the tang of the implement in use. 0 showsthe manner of constructing the tang of the implement used in myimprovement. This tang may be constructed in connection with almost anykind of garden or field tool, such as hoes, picks, forks, rakes, &c.Fig. 3 shows a garden or pitch fork, and Fig. 4a hoe constructed withthis tang and attach ed to my improved handle. By extending the arms 6upwarda small twoprong garden-rake is formed.

I am aware of the existence of the patent v issued to Alexander Boyden,N 0. 55,000, and dated May 26,1866. I do not claim any of the devicesdescribed by, and patented to, him.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a tool-handle, the combination, with the head a, provided with theshoulder a and projection a and the movable jaw c, of theadjusting-screw 01 arranged exteriorly to the shaft c and journaled inthe shoulder a and threaded in the heel of the movable jaw a.substantially as and for the purpose shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I hereto affix mysignature in pres- 1 ence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. SGHWIN.

Witnesses:

N D. ORIswELL, EDWIN BROWN.

